Should You Trim Your Eyelashes?

There is a persistent myth that is passed from woman to
woman that cutting eyelashes actually makes them grow
longer. Unfortunately for those who fall victim to this
myth, it isn’t true. Eyelashes, like all hair, are on a set
growing schedule. Cutting the eyelashes has absolutely no
effect on how long they will grow for, that’s set in the
genetic code. Now the health of the eyelashes can affect how
long they grow, unhealthy lashes just can’t get enough
nutrients to grow as long as healthy ones. Products such as
Idol Lash and the others reviewed on this site help with the
health of the eyelashes, making them grow longer and fuller
because the hair follicles are healthier.

The risks of cutting eyelashes greatly outweigh any
potential, hypothetical benefits. The eyelashes could easily
be cut too short or unevenly, leaving them looking even
worse than they did before. If something does go wrong with
the cutting, eyelashes grow very slowly, even slower than
the hair on the head. It’s not like trimming bangs
improperly, where they can just be clipped back for a few
weeks. It can take about 6 weeks for the lashes to just get
back to their original length depending on how short they
are snipped. There is also a very obvious poking risk when
scissors are that close to the eye. Another danger is that
eyelashes are specifically designed to protect the eyes from
infection-causing debris. Cutting that protection too short
puts the eyes at risk and could do serious damage.

Even if eyelash trimming did work, it is a long tedious
process that leaves the eyelashes looking even shorter for
many weeks. Cutting the eyelashes shorter to make them
longer just doesn’t make any sense. There is no need to go
backwards in order to go forwards. There are
eyelash
enhancement products out there that don’t take nearly as
long and don’t run the risk of making the eyelashes worse
than they were before.

There are some individuals with extremely long eyelashes
that cause problems with their eyes. This is the only reason
that the eyelashes should ever be trimmed and even then a
doctor should be consulted first. On some occasions people
get a 'rogue' eyelash, which is an eyelash that for some
reason grew longer than all the rest. In this case you could
trim the particular lash.

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